Planned Obsolescence: A Question of Consumerism and Production of Waste
Solczak, Robert (2013)
Solczak, Robert
Centria ammattikorkeakoulu (Keski-Pohjanmaan ammattikorkeakoulu)
2013
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201303263659
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201303263659
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In nowadays world people do not realize the extent to which consumerism has soaked their lives. The way they are controlled by professional marketers in order to make them consumers is often beyond one’s imagination. Fundamental tool on which consumerism bases on is Planned Obsolescence.
Planned obsolescence is the idea of controlling product’s lifecycle in order to control revenues. Without it the present economy would not sustain in the form as we know it. However it does not consider Earth’s resources as finite, thus through constant production it also creates waste that we cannot cope with.
This work is created to realize and analyze advantages and disadvantages of planned obsolescence. To gain full spectrum of the case both sides will be taken to account: the impact on economy and impact on ecology.
Work is constructed in a way to help firstly understand fundamentals of the term and all inter-dependencies in order to be able to understand and follow the analysis and their bases.
In this work I will try to give a full picture of situation and find possible solution to arrive at final conclusions.
Planned obsolescence is the idea of controlling product’s lifecycle in order to control revenues. Without it the present economy would not sustain in the form as we know it. However it does not consider Earth’s resources as finite, thus through constant production it also creates waste that we cannot cope with.
This work is created to realize and analyze advantages and disadvantages of planned obsolescence. To gain full spectrum of the case both sides will be taken to account: the impact on economy and impact on ecology.
Work is constructed in a way to help firstly understand fundamentals of the term and all inter-dependencies in order to be able to understand and follow the analysis and their bases.
In this work I will try to give a full picture of situation and find possible solution to arrive at final conclusions.